SAN FRANCISCO BOARDWATCH

APPROVED:

A proposed ordinance by Supervisor
Leland Yee
to force those requesting conditional-use or variance permits to disclose the type of businesses they intend to operate.

-- Legislation by Supervisors Mabel Teng, Sue Bierman and Alicia Becerril to make it tougher to build on Edgehill Mountain, which suffered landslides in January 1997.

-- A resolution by Teng and Becerril urging the Department of Parking and Traffic to lengthen the time of pedestrian crossings throughout San Francisco, especially on busy thoroughfares such as Geary Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue. Teng wants pedestrians to have enough time to get all the way across the street rather than just to the median.

-- A resolution by Supervisors Bierman and Leslie Katz urging all city departments to "ensure equal treatment" of bicyclists and motorists involved in traffic accidents.

INTRODUCED:

A proposal by Yee to provide rental property owners with a property-tax rebate for each unit that is subject to the city's rent- control ordinance. Yee hopes the measure will encourage landlords to keep rental housing on the market.

-- A proposal by Supervisor Michael Yaki to move the Police Department's helicopter maintenance site closer to San Francisco. Maintenance is now done in Porterville, Tulare County. Inspector Kirk Brookbush and Officer James Dougherty died last week while returning from there in their helicopter.